title: Chemoselective alcoholysis of lactide mediated by a magnesium catalyst: an efficient route to alkyl lactyllactate.
abstract: Alkyl-(S,S)-O-lactyllactate was prepared by chemoselective alcoholysis of lactide LA mediated by a magnesium catalyst. When ROH reacted with LA it yielded the ring-opened product R-(S,S)-O-lactyllactate exclusively, which remained intact as long as LA was present in the reaction mixture. Consumption of LA caused the reaction to proceed further giving R-(S)-lactate.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grala
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ejfler
authors.forename: Lucjan B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Jerzykiewicz
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sobota